Sold To The Demon Alpha – Chapter 1

Aria’s pov:

Rain poured heavily as Daniel tried to concentrate on the road.

“So? Dinner again tomorrow, same time, same place?” He asked, glancing at me with a hopeful look in his eyes, dimples popping out.

do with your evenings.”

teased. “Nah.”

kirt under my lap. I was wearing my favourite dress.

rts car, he was a walking, breathing chic magnet.

trouble.

ver keep a girlfriend for more than a few weeks.

on he pursues me is because he likes the chase. He’ll soon get bored an

ouldn’t give in and fall for him. I was a hopeless romantic in the truest sense. I still saved my first kiss and my virginity for ‘the one.’ Who that ‘one’ was, I didn’t know yet, but I’d know when I see him. Deep down, I’ll feel the spark. I just know it.

n and that swoon worthy smile, it would take more than that to steal my heart.

to be my girl, Aria?”

ed.

in thoughts.

right to avoid an incoming car barrelling towards us.

cursed and reduced his speed.

ad, first of all,” I giggled as he slowed to a stop in front of my shabby apartment building.

ate look in his eyes made me pause. I’d never had

omorrow, but this was fun while it lasted.

ist and… Wait, did he just sniff the air?!

pered, his voice thoughtful and deep.

im.

red now.

ning flashed in the sky.

off a locket from his neck before placi

It was a silver chain with a locket that encased a glowing flower.

op of my palm. “Cultured and cultivated by my grandma. It’s a goodluck charm, I want you to wear it.”

ck, but he wasn’t making any sense.

pped it in the pocket of my dress, taking his word for it. “Sure, Dan.”

I shouldered my bag and opened the door.

d,” I joked, slamming the door close.

revving out of my neighbourhood.

and walked back to my apartment, shielding myself from the rain with

he apartment I shared with my dad and walked in.

was meant to be.

I know is that, my dad has been an alcoholic and in debt since

and in his own way, I knew he loved me and I loved him too… At least, when he wasn’t hugging a bottle of beer or choking on his own vomit.

ought the urge to throw up my lunch the moment I stepped into our apartment.

ed from school, “I’M homeee!”

the couch.

, realizing that he wasn’t home.

oom and I went over there to find out what the racket was about.

ite suit he thought made him look more respectable, tattered greying hair and scrubby beard was tearing apart the living room, looking for God knows w

he tray from my hand.

ild, livid eyes.

e. “In the next one hour, I’ll probably be dead meat at his hands and all you can think about is food, you stupid, selfish girl!”

hly, his fingers digging into my skin. “Where is it!” He bellowed, his eyes red with anger, “where did you keep it?!”

n’t know what you’re talking about, dad, please let me go!” I screamed back.

slammed on the floor, sharp pain flaring up my spine.

g and taking whatever loose change he could find.

keep rolled up in a corner of my bag to be deposited in the bank at the end of the week. It was part of the money I was saving for my college

’t take that, it’s for–” my words were cut short as he slapped

he f**k I want!”